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JOHN B. DAVIDS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,609, dated August 1, 1871.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-IN B. DAVIDS, ot' the city and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mallets, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a wooden mallet surrounded with ametallic sh ell or ca se formed in two parts, slightly rounded and taperingtoward each tace. Thereads are cut or east thereon, whereby rin gsor nuts having a corresponding thread are made to t the outside ends of the shell for the purpose of contracting the same and compressing the mallet. The object of my invention is to make a more perfect mallet than heretofore made.

The objections to certain mallets with metallic bodies and wood faces are that the cost of in aking the two faces is equal to making two ordinary mallets; and, again, the faces, being driven into the metallic shell, soon become loose, split, and then fallout, there being nothing to hold the pieces in place. Another plan is to use ametallic box-shaped shell, its ends being open toreceive the wood faces, with cap on one side to The manner of securing the square face made of wood is very imperfeet, as the cap compresses the wood against the opposite side only, while two sides may be loose.

Thus the wood soon splits, must be wedged in,

or comes out entirely. The old style of shrinking rings upon mallets and the trouble experienced in their continually falling ott' are also well known.

By my plan I have overcome all known objections, and construct amore desirable and ornamental mallet than has heretofore been produced.

Figure 1 represents my improved mallet. Fi 0. 2 represents the shell or case. Fig. 3 represents the rings or nuts.

Fig.'l, A represents the wood part of the mallet;. B, the handle; C, the shell or case; D, rings or nuts 5` E, threads or screw.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my invention, I will describe its formation.

I form my mallet from any suitable tough. wood by turning in the usual manner. The shell is made from any suitable metal, as wroughtiron, brass, various similar compositions, but prefer to use good malleable iron for convenience and cheapness. The shell is made in two pieces or halves ot' suitable' thickness, preferring, however, three-sixteenths ot' an inch for the ordinary size, It should, however, be increased in thickness as the size of the mallet is increased. The form should be somewhat barrelshaped, and may be made very ornamental. Various designs emblematic ot' different orders of societies may be carved or engraved upon the shell, when desired for use as a gavel by the presiding officer. These shells or cases may be cast in molds or may be forged. The rings or nuts may be made of the same material and in the same manner as the shell. Threads should be cut or cast on the inside diameter of these rings to tit a corresponding thread on the outside ofthe shell at each end of the sa-me. The wood part should be turned about one-sixteenth oi' an inch larger than the inside dia-meterI ot' the case, to'allow contracting the cases when the wood part shrinks. A swell is formed on the handle which partly enters the hole or eye in the mallet, the eye being counterbored for the purpose previously to receive it, the shell being so formed that one-half of a circle of suitable diameter is prepared in'each part ot' the shell to close over the neck ofthe handle and outside of the projection while in position. Thus p ut together, the rings or nuts may be turned around in the proper direction to contract the shell and compress the wood irmly. Thus the wood is prevented from splitting and the handle secured in place.

The ina-nner of using my invention is so t'amiliar that an explanation is unnecessary.

"I claim as my invention- The rings or nuts D and shells or case C C, when made in two or more parts and applied to mallet-s, for the purpose as herein specified.

JOHN B. DAVIDS.

/Vitnesses:

JOHN DANE, Jr., WM. G. ANNAN. 

